Rowen has few memories of having his picture taken -- he didn't like the soup that was served and Bono almost crashed the car on the way back from the shoot -- but he does still keep in touch with band members Bono and The Edge.

He recently attended a U2 show in Montreal, and in 2010 he photographed the European leg of the band's 360° tour.

It also afforded him a rather spooky interaction. While on assignment, a stranger once struck up a conversation with him. "A guy started talking to me about my camera and said he used to be a photographer and his most famous picture was 'War,'" he says. "I said, 'that was me!' He's a judge now."

U2 has long since moved on to other subjects for their album art. And a few years ago, they gave Rowen a photo they took for one of their covers, with a message on the back from Bono that read: "Stay a child. I am enjoying it."

On the outside, at least, Rowen is still an adult. And few can ever tell that he was once the boy from the album covers. "When people find out, sometimes they say my eyes are still the same," he says.